{{Short description|Franciscan friar and priest (1523–1572)}} {{Infobox saint | honorific_prefix= Saint | name = Anthony of Weert | honorific_suffix= O.F.M. | image = File:Gorcum_Antonius_van_Weert.jpg | imagesize = 150px | alt = | caption = | titles = Religious, priest and martyr | birth_name = | birth_date = 1523 | birth_place = | home_town = | residence = | death_date =9 July 1572 | death_place = | venerated_in = Roman Catholic Church | beatified_date = 14 November 1675 | beatified_place = Rome, Papal States | beatified_by = Pope Clement X | canonized_date = 29 June 1867 | canonized_place = Rome, Papal States | canonized_by = Pope Pius IX | major_shrine = | feast_day = 9 July | attributes = | patronage = | issues = | suppressed_date = | suppressed_by = | influences = | influenced = | tradition = | major_works = }}
'''Anthony of Weert''' was a Franciscan friar and priest who was martyred during the Dutch Revolt. Eighteen other men were martyred alongside him; they are known as the Martyrs of Gorkum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06651c.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Martyrs of Gorkum|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>
The Martyrs of Gorkum were all beatified in 1675 and then canonised by Pope Pius IX in 1867. The martyrs share a feast day on 9 July.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095900902|title=Martyrs of Gorkum|website=Oxford Reference}}</ref>
== History == Anthony of Weert was a Franciscan friar and priest who belonged to the Convent of Gorcum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bartleby.com/210/7/093.html|title=SS. Martyrs of Gorcum. July 9. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume VII: July. The Lives of the Saints|website=www.bartleby.com|date=12 January 2023 }}</ref>
Anthony was taken by Calvinists alongside 18 other individuals, 11 of those were his Franciscan brothers. On 9 July 1572, they were martyred.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=op89AAAAYAAJ&q=convent+of+Gorcum&pg=PA108|title=The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments and Other Authentic Records, Illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians|first=Alban|last=Butler|date=June 9, 1812|publisher=J. Murphy|via=Google Books}}</ref>
== See also == * Martyrs of Gorkum * Franciscan Friars * Dutch Revolt
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Category:Dutch Roman Catholic saints Category:16th-century Roman Catholic martyrs Category:16th-century Dutch Roman Catholic priests Category:1523 births Category:Beatifications by Pope Clement X Category:Canonizations by Pope Pius IX